Table A41. Pupil/Student-Classroom Ratio Public Elementary/Secondary, by Province/City: SY 2007-2008 to SY 2009-2010 PROVINCE/CITY
ELEMENTARY
SECONDARY
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 Marinduque
1:25.25
1:26.32
1:25.91
1:38.91
1:41.45
1:37.14
Occidental Mindoro
1:38.07
1:38.14
1:38.76
1:49.79
1:49.23
1:47.19
Oriental Mindoro
1:32.42
1:37.24
1:34.65
1:54.96
1:66.64
1:52.93
Palawan
1:45.15
1:45.89
1:43.48
1:49.00
1:56.13
1:51.88
Romblon
1:32.90
1:32.75
1:32.21
1:49.64
1:51.73
1:45.53
Calapan City
1:31.45
1:30.66
1:31.47
1:52.14
1:54.71
1:50.54
Puerto Princesa City
1:44.67
1:47.68
1:45.19
1:60.05
1:67.17
1:49.56
MIMAROPA Region
1:35.98
1:37.80
1:36.59
1:50.17
1:55.19
1:48.46
Source: Department of Education IV-B
4.1.5.1
Pre-School/Day Care Centers
As of 2009, there are 2,268 day care centers established in the region with 2,279 day care workers/volunteers serving 54,703 preschoolers. Table A42. Number of Day Care Centers, by Province, 2009 PROVINCES Marinduque Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Romblon MIMAROPA Region
DAY CARE CENTERS 226 464 465 839 274 2,268
Day Care Workers 226 465 465 853 270 2,279
SERVED 4,724 2,658 17,415 23,700 6,206 54,703
Source: Provincial Planning and Development Offices
4.2 Health and Nutrition MIMAROPA’s 2009 vital indices for health showed mixed trends in comparison with the national figures. MIMAROPA’s crude birth rate of 18.85 is lower than the national level of 21.2. The crude death rate of the region is 4.62, higher than the national CDR of 4.3 deaths per 1,000 population. For infant mortality rate, the region showed 11.40 deaths per 1,000 live births, which is higher than the national average of 9.3 deaths. The maternal mortality ratio of the region at 106.43 is also higher than the national figure of 63 per 100,000 live births.
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Technical Notes on Development Challenges